Fasetto has announced that its Audio Cu system, which connects televisions and other audio devices to speakers and subwoofers using a home's existing power line wiring, has announced received Dolby Atmos product certification from Dolby Laboratories.
Similar to power grid solutions that can leverage existing electrical wiring to share Internet in a home, Fasetto audio with It's an alternative to having to run audio cables through a wall or trying to camouflage the cables connecting speakers to an audio source under rugs and furniture. It's also an alternative to wireless solutions like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, which have their own challenges and trade-offs, including additional latency, audio compression, and signal reliability.
For a home theater setup with five speakers and a subwoofer, you'd need seven outlets and seven Audio Cu devices: a transmitter for your TV (the company says no AV receiver is needed) and a receiver for each speaker. Fasetto says the system's additional latency (signals are specially encoded before being sent over power lines) is less than 20 milliseconds and is not affected by interference.
Any speaker with red and black terminals (positive and negative) is compatible with Audio Cu, and up to 10 channels can be sent over power lines from a single transmitter, accommodating a Dolby Atmos 7.1.2 setup. For larger homes, up to six transmitters can be used in separate configurations, but the Audio Cu system has a maximum of 32 channels. Installation and configuration, including audio presets, equalization settings, and effects for individual speakers, is done within a mobile app for iOS and Android, although a TV or projector remote can be used to simply control the volume.
Fasetto, who has created a A couple of other connectivity solutions for multiple devices.has not announced pricing for the Audio Cu transmitters and receivers, but expects the system to be available soon, when pricing will be revealed. Assuming it doesn't increase the cost of installing a home theater too much, it could be a welcome alternative solution, also assuming you don't live in a remote cabin with no electricity.
